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Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific T cell response to ESAT-6 and PPD antigen with ELISPOT assay presented by: M. Taheri
Symptoms of TB Cough for more than two week Bloody sputum fever decreased appetite Weight i loss sweating at night fatigue general weakness
Culture AFS (acid-fast stain ) Radiography TST in vivo Less specific PPD 2 patient visits results in 2-3 days inter-reader variability Diagnosis IFN-γ γ measurement based method in vitro TB specific antigens 1 patient visit results possible in 1 day unknown variability
Materials & Mthd Methods
weight loss Cough The first group (patients individuals) id bloody sputum night g sweating AFS positive
3 patients (14 female and 16 mal) with mean age 33 years 2 percent (Afghanistan) Culture (all positive) Antibiogram test results (all isolates against first- line TB treatment t t drugs are sensitive ) (Pyrazynamayd, Ethambutol, rifampin, streptomycin and isoniazid) PCR (all isolation positive)
The second group (people treated) Drug regimen (Isoniazid, Streptomycin, Ethambutol, and Rifampin) to 6 months had received AFS negative 19 individual (12 males and 7 females) with mean age 31 years 2 percent (Afghanistan) AFS (negative in all these people)
The third group (people suspected) Sputum test negative after three times 22 patients (12 males and 1 females) with mean age 35 years 1 %( Afghanistan) TST (5% positive)
The fourth group (Normal) 22 individuals (12 women and 1 men) with The mean age of this group 24/5 years All received the BCG vaccine no clinical symptoms were related to tuberculosis TST (negative in all these people)
samples transferring (four groups) TST Blood cell separation by Ficoll gradient method
sampling T-SPOT SPOT.TBTB PBMC Centrifugation Overnight culture in presence of ESAT-6 and PPD anti- IFN-γ antibodies; + and - Controls Optic reading
Elispot Kit activation by ethanol 7 percent Adding the coating antibody (first antibody) Adding the Blocking buffer Adding the cell with antigen Washing Adding the Biotinylated detection antibody (secondary antibody) Washing GABA (φ-labeled anti-biotin antibodies) Ati Activatorst
ELISPOT Nil Control Infection Positive Control Oxford Immunotec
Results
A. Negative control B. Positive control C. Sample
spot number in Patients and Healed group 5 Spot in Patient group 5 Spot in Healing group r pot Numbe S 25 Sp pot Number 25 PPD Esat 6 Type of Ag PPD Type of Ag Esat6 ESAT_6: Patient group: 11.23 ± 2.3 ESAT_6: Healed group : 12 ± 3.4 PPD: Patient group: 7.43 ± 1.5 PPD: Healed group : 7.75 ± 1.5
Spot number in suspicious and Normal groups 3 Spot in Suspicious group 3 Spot in Normal group Spot Number 2 1 Spot Number 2 1 PPD Esat6 PPD Esat6 Type of Ag Type of Ag ESAT-6: 3.63 ±1.65 PPD: 2.42 ± 1.12 ESAT-6: PPD:1.27 ±.79
Spot number of PPD antigen stimulated in different groups 4 Number Spot 3 2 1 Patient Healing Suspicies s Norm al Suspected and the patient groups (P<.1) Patients and normal groups (P<.1) Treatment and normal (P<.1) 1) patient and treated groups (P=1) Suspected and normal (P<.526)
Analysis of spots stimulates Esat-6 antigen in different groups 6 5 Sp pot Number 4 3 2 1 Patient Healing Suspicies Normal Suspected and the patient groups (P<.1) Patients and normal groups (P<.1) patient and treated groups (P=1) Suspected and normal (P=.4)
IFN-γ production rate in different groups by ELISA method Results at a minimum, maximum, standard error and mean IFN-γ secretory study groups in medium by ELISA method Suspected and the patients groups (P<.18) Patients and normal groups (P<.3) patients and treated groups (P<.95) Suspected and treated t (P=.136) Suspected and normal (P=.944) ation (pg/ml) IFN II concentr I 25 15 5 15 1 5 PHA nt t suspicious s Patient Healed patient without PHA Normal groups patient Treatm ent Suspec ted normal No. 3 19 22 22 Mean 47.12 39.79 7.58 SE 12.3 12.8 3.7 Min Max 2 178.3 82.17
Discussioni
IFN-γ As a marker for activated lymphocytes Use ESAT-6 antigens in the Use PPD antigens in the Elispot test: Elispot test: Patients and treated groups: All positive Patients and treated groups: All positive Normal group: All negative Normal group: 27.3% positive! Suspected group : 27.3% positive! False positive and Negative
Thus, results of measurement of IFN-γ secretion by lymphocytes stimulating environment with ESAT-6 to the ELISA test results to confirm the ELISPOT test. patients and treated groups: positive the Normal groups: Negative 4 patients Negative No significant differences between normal and suspected whit ELISA While ELISPOT test overlapping between TST and Elispot test about 53% While in our study 25%...
Flow Cytometry Real Time PCR Role of IFN-γ γ in host immunity against TB, activating macrophages to induced Cytokines such as the: Inducible Protein1 (IP-1) Monocyte Chemo attractant Protein 2 (MCP-2) Monokine induced by IFN-gamma (MIG) Dual staining ELISPOT method
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